Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

the World Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank are just some of those we will be working with. Since I have served as Minister for International Development and the Pacific, I have had the opportunity see on the ground the action that Australia is taking together with program partners to help bring about resilience and change in the Pacific. For example, in Niue I had the opportunity to visit and launch a state-of-the-art tidal gauge facility, which is going to play a critical role in providing scientific information, real-time measurements to not only Niue's national weather service but also the knowledge base that we have in Australia.

In Fiji's Yasawa islands—a remote chain of drought prone islands—we are seeing a community food bank project that is helping to produce resilient crops and improve farming techniques. In Kiribati we are seeing Australia's programs working with the local community to protect freshwater supplies and the sea wall and to assist communities to respond to drought.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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